![]() The soldiers of the 16th Ohio were quartered at Camp Chase, about five miles west of the Columbus, Ohio, train station, eagerly awaiting final mustering out of the army and to be done with the hardships of war. Some spacious vacant barracks were assigned to us. ![]() our train reached Columbus and we marched out to camp Chase, four miles. Theodore Wolbach, Company E, also mentions: No doubt being so close to home the day did seem very long to the soldiers. March through the City to Camp Chase and take quarters in barracks. Pass through Urbana, Piqua, and other places and reach Columbus at 4 P.M. Robert "Newt" Gorsuch, Company B, telling us: Starting off at roughly midnight from Union City, Ohio, on the Indiana border, the troops boarded a train of the Columbus and Indianapolis Railroad and set out on the final leg of their trip together as a military unit. Today would be the last day of the 16th Ohio Volunteer Infantry's trip home from the Civil War.
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